flstandardbreds Chapter 124 A Good Hand
Chapter 124 A Good Hand
With Caster's death, the mission to defeat Caster has come to an end.
The Command Seals that Tokiomi Tohsaka and the Church originally planned to obtain should have been acquired by him, but Yu Bai also obtained them.
Early this morning, Yu Bai, along with his attendants Smiling Green Jiang and Diarmuid, arrived at the Holy Church to obtain this extra Command Seal reward.
As for how long the other spirits in the citadel were summoned to meet with the heads of various sword factions and given a lecture (warning) after they learned that Natsume Aoe was the master's attendant, we won't go into that for now.
Everything went very smoothly, except that when he went to obtain the Command Seals, the former Assassin's Master looked at him a little strangely.
Even as he was about to leave, the priest he had only met once told him that, as a priest of the Holy Church, he had never seen a true god. Since Assassin has now withdrawn from the Holy Grail War, perhaps he could stay by Yu Bai's side for the last few days of the war, even as a bodyguard.
As he spoke, he looked at Yu Bai with his lifeless eyes and assured him expressionlessly: as a first-class agent of the Holy Church, his strength was formidable.
Yu Bai originally wanted to refuse this request outright. Without even thinking about it, he knew that Kirei Kotomine would definitely be unhappy if he were to have him by his side.
However... when Yu Bai met Kirei Kotomine's eyes, which had lost their luster and were as deep as an abyss, he felt that if he refused now, the person in front of him would become some kind of extremely terrible existence.
Ugh...this seems so troublesome.
Ultimately, when they left the church, Yu Bai's group had expanded from three to four people.
……
"My lord, this residence is filled with a dense aura of darkness, but it seems to be different from the corrupted aura we are familiar with."
As Yu Bai and his group passed by a mansion, Xiao Mian Qingjiang suddenly stopped and looked at Yu Bai with a serious expression, his eyes revealing a strong sense of vigilance.
Because the citadel contains tsukumogami like Ichigo Hitofuri, the tsukumogami in Yuhaku citadel are extremely sensitive to the aura of darkness.
Not to mention, the dark aura within this mansion was incredibly intense, almost suffocating, comparable to the dark citadels that had been completely eradicated by the Time Government. This made Smiling Aoe, who was already famous for slaying female demons, extremely uncomfortable.
"This is the residence of the Matou family, one of the three great magicians. The head of the Matou family, Zouken Matou, and Kariya Matou live here. However, not long ago, my teacher, Tokiomi Tohsaka, sent one of his daughters, Sakura Tohsaka, to the Matou family. Now, Sakura Tohsaka has changed her name to Sakura Matou."
Kirei Kotomine followed closely behind Yu Bai, keeping a distance of half a meter. He glanced at the mansion in front of him and then told Yu Bai everything he knew without reservation, whether it was about the Matou family or his teacher.
Seriously, what a master at selling his teacher! If Tokiomi Tohsaka knew that his disciple was selling him like this, he'd probably cry.
After all, the Hero King, whom he had painstakingly summoned and treated like a king, had now essentially defected to the Lancer group. Unless he was forced to summon the Hero King, or his friends sent him out to do errands, he was rarely seen with that golden figure.
If he knew that even his own disciple had gone to Lancer's side, he would probably collapse.
Am I not a life? Back when the Holy Grail War started, I had a great hand.
The results of it?
That was absolutely awful!
"Master, should I go and investigate?" Diarmuid asked Yu Bai, frowning as he looked at the house before him. Although he was a Heroic Spirit and couldn't sense the corrupted aura that Smiling Aoe had mentioned, the house in front of him gave him a very bad feeling.
“I think we don’t need to, because the owner of this house seems to have already appeared in front of us.” Yu Bai shook his head slightly, turning his gaze to a figure not far away, hidden in the shadows around the corner, quietly watching them.
Upon hearing Yu Bai's words, the three of them—Smiling Aoge, Diarmuid, and Kirei Kotomine—all followed Yu Bai's gaze.
He was dressed in dark sportswear, with the hood of the clothes covering his head, only a few strands of white hair peeking out from the edge. But what was most shocking was that most of his face was severely deformed and atrophied, and even his eyes on the deformed side were in a very unhealthy state, looking like the eyes of a blind person.
Upon seeing this man, Yu Bai did not show any panic or disgust. After all, back in the Tang Dynasty, he had seen countless corpses, and the man in front of him was much better than those corpses.
Therefore, Yu Bai simply smiled gently at the man, but out of the corner of her eye, she noticed the fleeting look of pleasure in Kirei Kotomine's eyes.
Is it a twisted mentality that finds pleasure in the suffering of others? Yu Bai couldn't help but sigh inwardly. Anyone who could pique Gilgamesh's interest was indeed no ordinary person.
Kirei Kotomine's personality seems to be inherently malice towards others; in short, he is a complete S-type personality.
Such a personality isn't so bad if guided properly; it's just a little...unpleasant. However, if guided improperly, it can become a very troublesome type, even capable of causing someone to destroy the world. After all, they can derive pleasure from it.
However, what's important right now isn't Kirei Kotomine, but the man in front of him who is very likely the Berserker Master.
Yu Bai's gaze swept over the Command Seals on the back of the man's hand, and when he sensed the last remaining life force within the man's body, as well as some disgusting curse worms, Yu Bai couldn't help but frown.
How did this person manage to get their body into this terrible state?
"Cough cough... cough vomit..."
Meeting the gentle gaze of the green-haired boy, Matou Kariya shrank back and pulled down his hood, trying to cover his face.
Because of his enemy, Tokiomi Tohsaka, he naturally knew about the boy who was very close to Archer and called him his best friend. He was also near the Miyuki River yesterday, since Berserker needed his magical energy to sustain him, and he had naturally seen the holy light emanating from the Miyuki River last night.
This boy is a genuine god.
Thinking of this, Matou Kariya suddenly became excited. If it was a god, could Sakura be saved? If it was this boy, surely he could? He wouldn't live much longer, but Sakura was still so young… In the end, it was all Tokiomi's fault! If… if he hadn't sent Sakura here in the first place, how could Sakura have…
Lost in thought, Matou Kariya was consumed by rage and began coughing violently. As he coughed, he coughed up blood, along with several Crest Bugs.
"!!!" Seeing the man cough up insects, Smiling Qingjiang and Diarmuid were instantly alert. They quickly stood in front of Yu Bai, not wanting him to witness this shocking scene.
"Please! Save Sakura..."
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Kirei Kotomine: God, please let me follow you and find the right path!
Yu Bai: As expected, those who catch Jill's eye are not normal people. Wow, what troublesome personalities.
Kariya Matou: It's all Tokiomi's fault!!! *cough cough cough...*